The Sheep Creek Prospect is a iron mine located in Eureka county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Sheep Creek Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Sheep Creek Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Iron
Location
State: Nevada
County: Eureka
District: Modarelli-Franchie Creek District
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Basin And Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Volcanic-hosted magnetite
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Tuff
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Name: Tuff
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Name: Tuff
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Magnetite
Ore: Hematite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): REPLACEMENT BY MAGNETITE AND HEMATITE AS MATRIX OF A BRECCIA IN FAULT ZONE WHICH CUTS VOLCANICS
Comment (Geology): MAGNETITE RIMMED BY HEMATITE AND GEOTHITE FORMS THE MATRIX OF BRECCIA, CONTAINING FRAGMENTS OF ASH-FLOW TUFF AND OF LOWER CRETACEOUS (?) PLUTONIC ROCK (MUFFLER L.J. (1964)) IRON WAS PRESUMABLY DERIVED FROM DEUTERICALLY ALTERRED LOWER CRET. PLUTONIC ROCK.
Comment (Deposit): THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED NEAR THE HEAD OF SHEEP CREEK CANYON ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): ROBERTS R.J. ETAL (1967) GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF EUREKA CO., NEV. BUR. OF MINES BULL 64
Reference (Deposit): USBM (WINNEMUCCA) MILS NO. 66, REFERENCE NO. 3201100165
Reference (Deposit): MUFFLER L.J. (1964) GEOLOGY OF THE FRENCHIE CREEK QUADRANGLE, NEV. USGS BULL 1179
Nevada Gold
Nevada has a total of 368 distinct gold districts. Of the of those, just 36 are major producers with production and/or reserves of over 1,000,000 ounces, 49 have production and/or reserves of over 100,000 ounces, with the rest having less than 100,000 ounces. Read more: Gold Districts of Nevada.
